Taking a look at the matchups for the NLCS

1:35 AM,
Oct. 14, 2012

Cardinals second baseman Daniel Descalso

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The St. Louis Cardinals are four wins away from reaching the World Series and eight wins total from becoming the first National League team to repeat as baseball's champions since the Cincinnati Reds' Big Red Machine of the 1975 and 1976 seasons. But first they must beat the San Francisco Giants in the National League Championship Series that begins today.

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Cardinals: Can't wait to see old footage of the 1987 NLCS between the Cardinals and Giants. Trash-talker Jeffrey "One Flap Down" Leonard and antagonist Chili Davis - remember, he called St. Louis a cow town - got it handed to ...